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One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I'm not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload
Leonard Cohen
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Leonard Cohen
Age: 82 †
Born: 1934
Born: September 21
Died: 2016
Died: November 7
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Garages, barns and attics are always older than the buildings to which they are attached.
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Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth One more thin gypsy thief... Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes I thought it was there for good so I never tried... And Jane came by with a lock of your hair She said that you gave it to her That night that you planned to go clear.
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There is a war between the ones who say there is a war and the ones who say there isn't.
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If your life is a leaf that the seasons tear off and condemn they will bind you with love that is graceful and green as a stem.
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You who wish to conquer pain, you must learn what makes one kind.
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I always thought that poetry is the verdict that others give to a certain kind of writing. So to call yourself a poet is a kind of dangerous description. It's for others it's for others to use.
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Coroner's inquest: death by drowning. And he hasn't been to the sea-shore in ten years.
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Yes, you who must leave everything that you cannot control, It begins with your family, and soon it comes round to your soul. Well I've been where you're hanging, I think I can see how you're pinned: When you're not feeling holy your loneliness says that you've sinned.
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Get ready for the future: it is murder.
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A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.
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It's you my love, you who are the stranger.
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I don't remember lighting this cigarette and I don't remember if I'm here alone or waiting for someone.
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I’ll be marching through the morning, Marching through the night, Moving 'cross the borders Of My Secret Life.
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Rust rust rust in the engines of love and time.
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I would like to work with Pat [ Leonard] in any capacity. I would love to hear his versions.
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The Maestro says it's Mozart but it sounds like bubble gum when you're waiting for the miracle to come.
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The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.
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Out of the thousands who are known or who want to be known as poets, maybe one or two are genuine and the rest are fakes, hanging around the sacred precincts, trying to look like the real thing.
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Here is your cross, Your nails and your hill And here is your love, That lists where it will
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Israel, and you who call yourself Israel, the Church that calls itself Israel, and the revolt that calls itself Israel, and every nation chosen to be a nation - none of these lands is yours, all of you are thieves of holiness, all of you at war with Mercy.
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